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Controversial climate change study claims we'll breach 2 C before 2030
By Ben Turner published
If the new study is correct, global warming is at least a decade further ahead than we thought. But other scientists say it is filled with errors and inconsistencies.
Satellite images reveal just how much cities on the US East Coast are sinking
By Robert Lea published
"Continuous unmitigated subsidence on the U.S. East Coast should cause concern."
Experts are certain 2023 will be 'the warmest year in recorded history'
By Harry Baker published
After the warmest autumn ever, researchers are confident 2023 will be the hottest year on record before it has even finished.
Breach of key global warming threshold 'inevitable' as carbon emissions hit record high
By Ben Turner published
At the current emissions level, there is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius consistently in about seven years, new research suggests.
Michael Mann: Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here's why.
By Michael E. Mann published
Opinion Opinion: State-of-the-art climate models show warming stops once we stop emitting carbon. That means there's still time to stop the worst impacts of climate change.
Which islands will become uninhabitable due to climate change first?
By Meg Duff published
Climate change is raising sea levels, and many low-lying islands are at risk. But determining which communities will be first to leave is impossible to answer.
The 'safe' threshold for global warming will be passed in just 6 years, scientists say
By Sascha Pare published
New research suggests we have just six years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and two decades to keep temperatures below the 2 C threshold in the Paris Agreement.
This was the hottest summer ever recorded on Earth
By Aimee Gabay published
June through August 2023 were the hottest three months ever recorded, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Did the Tonga eruption cause this year's extreme heat?
By Patrick Pester published
The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption may have contributed to this year's heat, but it's not causing climate change.
We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age
By Sascha Pare published
Methane emissions from tropical wetlands have been soaring since 2006 and accelerating at the same breakneck speed as when Earth's climate has flipped from a glacial to an interglacial period.
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